Staff
Mark Toney
Executive Director
mtoney@turn.org | (415) 929-8876 ext. 301
As executive director since 2008, Mark Toney aligns the TURN legal, organizing, legislative and communication staff to fight for affordable, clean, and safe energy and phone service for all California residents, with a special focus on low-income households, communities of color, immigrants, and rural communities.
Mark currently serves on the boards of ACLU Northern California, Consumer Federation of California, National Whistleblower Center, and California Shakespeare Theatre.
In 2021, Mark was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Mark served as executive director of the Center for Third World Organizing for four years, and for Direct Action for Rights & Equality for eight years. He holds a B.A. from Brown University, a Sociology Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, and has been a Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, National Science Foundation Fellow, and Echoing Green Fellow.
Administration
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Richard Perez
Chief Financial Officer
✉ rap@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 305 -
Cassandra Houston
Director of Human Resources
✉ chouston@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 306 -
Reina Yanagiba
Legal Assistant
✉ ryanagiba@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 315 -
Alejandra Cruz
Operations Coordinator
Organizing Department
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Constance Slider Pierre
Organizing Director
✉ cpierre@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 319 -
Kevin Bailey
Lead Organizer
✉ kbailey@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 317 -
Alejandra Vargo
Southern California Organizer
✉ avargo@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 318
Race & Equity
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Adria Tinnin
Director of Race Equity Policy
✉ atinnin@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 314 -
Nelly Nieblas
Digital Equity Project Manager
✉ nnieblas@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 325
Legal Staff – Telecom Team
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Brenda D. Villanueva
Managing Director and Lead Counsel, Telecom
✉ bvillanueva@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 309 -
Regina Costa
Telecom Policy Director
✉ rcosta@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 312 -
Ashley Salas
Telecom and Regulatory Attorney
✉ asalas@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 323 -
Leo Fitzpatrick
Telecommunications Policy Analyst
✉ lfitzpatrick@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 321 -
Alexandra Green
Telecommunications Regulatory Attorney
✉ agreen@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 331
Legal Staff – Energy Team
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Hayley Goodson
Managing Attorney
✉ hayley@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 320 -
Sylvie Ashford
Energy and Climate Policy Analyst
✉ sashford@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 322 -
Jalal Awan
Energy and Climate Policy Analyst
✉ jawan@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 324 -
David Cheng
Staff Attorney
✉ dcheng@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 324 -
Jennifer Dowdell
Senior Policy Expert
✉ jdowdell@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 302 -
Bob Finkelstein
General Counsel
✉ bfinkelstein@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 307 -
Matthew Freedman
Staff Attorney
✉ matthew@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 304 -
Tom Long
Director of Legal Strategy
✉ tlong@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 303 -
Jaime McGovern
Energy Economist and Policy Analyst
✉ jmcgovern@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 316 -
Katy Morsony
Legislative and Assistant Managing Attorney
✉ kmorsony@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 313 -
Elise Torres
Staff Attorney
✉ etorres@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 308 -
Isabella Montoya
Utility Justice Legal Fellow
✉ imontoya@turn.org
✆ (415) 929-8876 ext. 327